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Indian economy to grow at 7.4% in FY18: ADB
India’s economy is set to grow at 7.4% in the current fiscal year 2017-18 against 7.1% in the previous year, on the back of pick-up in consumption demand and higher public investment, the Asian Development Bank (ADB) said on Thursday.

In its latest Asian Development Outlook (ADO) 2017 report, ADB said while the recent gross domestic product (GDP) data for 2016-17 did not fully capture the effects of demonetisation, the slowdown did reflect a continued slump in investment. “Dragging on growth were excess production capacity, problems that past overinvestment left on corporate balance sheets, and new bank lending inhibited by too many stressed assets. Moderately higher growth is projected as consumption picks up and government initiatives boost private investment,” it said.

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“An array of important economic reforms has propelled India’s economic success in recent years. A continued commitment to reform—especially in the banking sector—will help India maintain its status as the world’s fastest growing major economy,” Yasuyuki Sawada, ADB’s chief economist, said.

The ADO expects consumption to pick up as more new bank notes are put in circulation after the shock withdrawal of high-value currencies on 8 November and as planned salary and pension hike for state employees are implemented. “The public sector will remain the main driver of investment as banks continue to wind down balance sheets constrained by high levels of stressed assets. Exports are forecast to grow by 6% in the coming year,” it said.

Among potential risks for the Indian economy, the assessment notes risks from higher oil prices as Indian imports nearly 80% of it fossil fuel needs. “A rapid increase in the price of oil could undermine the country’s fiscal position, stoke inflation and swell the current account deficit,” it warned.

ADB projected inflation to accelerate to 5.2% in 2017-18 and 5.4% in 2018-19 as the global economy recovers and commodity prices rebound.

The report estimates of a $1 increase in oil prices raises the import bill by nearly $2 billion. In 2016-17, rising oil prices resulted in a 37.6% increase in India’s import bill. To mitigate India’s vulnerability to oil price swings, the government has proposed reducing dependence on imported oil by 10% over the next five years through more efficient domestic production and increased private investment into the sector, the report noted.
http://www.livemint.com/Politics/mI...Indian-economy-to-grow-at-74-in-FY18-ADB.html
 
France, India ink pact to upgrade Railways
The French Minister of State for Transport, Marine Affairs and Fisheries Alain Vidalies signed an agreement with Railway Minister Suresh Prabhu for collaboration in areas such as high-speed and semi-high speed rail, modernisation of current operations and infrastructure, station renovation and operations, suburban trains and safety systems, operations and security, said an official release.

On semi-high-speed, the parties had decided in 2015 to carry out a technical and execution study for upgrading the speed of passengers trains on the current rail corridor between Delhi and Chandigarh (244 km) up to 200 kmph.

In his meeting with Road Transport Highways and Shipping Minister Nitin Gadkari, the French Minister discussed reducing the carbon footprint of public transport by using electric buses and LNG-fuelled barges, among others.
http://www.thehindubusinessline.com...k-pact-to-upgrade-railways/article9637982.ece
 
Indian Railways gets milk to hungry baby on train after passenger's SOS tweet

If it takes an SOS tweet to fcuking Union Rail minister of India just to get milk to a hungry baby on a train, then I am sorry - something is really rotten about this system.

Mind you - For every SOS that some really empowered but distressed passenger sends, there may be hapless millions who can't do that and are forced to go hungry.

In stead of patting on their on backs, I think Railways need to introspect what is forcing the passengers to resort to extreme measures like this. When the train journeys take so long on a given route, priority should be given to either have well-supplied pantry cars or have enough stoppages to allow passengers to buy the essentials themselves.

Economics shouldn't be the only driving factor.
 
If it takes an SOS tweet to fcuking Union Rail minister of India just to get milk to a hungry baby on a train, then I am sorry - something is really rotten about this system.

Mind you - For every SOS that some really empowered but distressed passenger sends, there may be hapless millions who can't do that and are forced to go hungry.

In stead of patting on their on backs, I think Railways need to introspect what is forcing the passengers to resort to extreme measures like this. When the train journeys take so long on a given route, priority should be given to either have well-supplied pantry cars or have enough stoppages to allow passengers to buy the essentials themselves.

Economics shouldn't be the only driving factor.
Minister himself doesn't reply these sos all time. There is dedicated team sitting in centre as well as regional centres who ensures that these massages are replied in time with tentative service delivery. And in the end these cases output is evaluated by ministry. I think it's working and people are getting desired replies and their faith in government is again raising.
 
Minister himself doesn't reply these sos all time. There is dedicated team sitting in centre as well as regional centres who ensures that these massages are replied in time with tentative service delivery. And in the end these cases output is evaluated by ministry. I think it's working and people are getting desired replies and their faith in government is again raising.

I don't at all mean that the Minister himself is looking into the tweets. I am sure the Railway authorities monitor tweets addressed to the Minister.

But ask yourself why one needs to send emergency tweets just to get milk for a crying baby. I shudder to think about millions of poor/illiterate families traveling daily with infants or old/sick that need constant supplies, who can't send emergency tweets. What can they do?

If there are sufficiently supplied pantry cars or stoppages for longer segments of the journey, need for such emergency calls don't even arise.
 
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I don't at all mean that the Minister himself is looking into the tweets. I am sure the Railway authorities monitor tweets addressed to the Minister.

But ask yourself why one needs to send emergency tweets just to get milk for a crying baby. I shudder to think about millions of poor/illiterate families traveling daily with infants or old/sick that need constant supplies, who can't send emergency tweets. What can they do?

If there are sufficiently supplied pantry cars or stoppages for longer segments of the journey, need for such emergency calls don't even arise.
There are two points I would like to make. First no matter what this ministry does, system will not change in a day, minister is trying to bring professionalism in huge service provider who is neck in deep crony corruption. Here the co-passengers need to come in which wasn't happening till now. So what happens that people start posting tweets for people who they even don't know at all. This builds the relationship, not the kind of chit chatter we do with co-passengers in either local trains or home bound express trains. Second point pantry car service is being discontinued and hotel plaza in stations are being introduced. Also there is food n drinks on demand. But you have to reach out to service provider for that.
 
Saudi Aramco keen to take stake in west coast refinery
Saudi Aramco, the world's largest oil producer, is interested in picking a stake in India's biggest oil refinery being planned to be set up in Maharashtra at a cost of Rs 1.8 lakh crore.

State-owned Indian Oil Corporation (IOC), Bharat Petroleum Corporation (BPCL) and Hindustan Petroleum Corporation (HPCL) together plan to set up a 60-million tonnes a year oil refinery on west coast to meet the rising fuel needs of the country.

"Saudi Aramco and Abu Dhabi National Oil Co (Adnoc) are talking to us for investments in the Indian oil sector," Oil Minister Dharmendra Pradhan said at the Global Natural Resources Conclave here.

Later talking to reporters, he said Aramco is interested in picking a stake in the west coast refinery while Adnoc is keen on petrochemical projects.

"Aramco is talking of stake in the refinery," he said. He, however, did not go into how much stake the Saudi national oil company will pick. "Let's see," is all he said.

IOC holds a 50 per cent stake in the project while BPCL and HPCL have 25 per cent each.

The 60-mt a year refinery will be set up in two phases, along with a mega petrochemical complex. The phase-1 capacity will be 40 mt together with an aromatic complex, naphtha cracker unit and a polymer complex. This will cost Rs 1.2-1.5 lakh crore and will come up in 5-6 years from the date of land acquisition. The mega complex will require 12,000-15,000 acres and land on the Maharashtra coast has been identified, he said. The second phase, involving a 20 mt refinery, will cost Rs 50,000-60,000 crore. IOC has been looking at the west coast for a refinery as the company found it tough to cater to requirements in West and South with its refineries mostly in the North. HPCL and BPCL too have been looking at a bigger refinery because of constraints they face at their Mumbai units.

The mega west coast refinery will produce petrol, diesel, LPG, ATF (aviation turbine fuel) and feedstock for petrochemical plants in plastic, chemical and textile industries in Maharashtra. A top official at one of the state refiners said the project will be funded with 60 per cent debt and 40 per cent equity. The three refiners will chip in Rs 72,000 crore in equity.

Fifteen mt a year is the biggest refinery any public sector unit has set up at one stage. IOC recently started its 15 mt unit at Paradip in Odisha. Reliance Industries holds the distinction of building the biggest refinery in India till now. It built its first refinery at Jamnagar in Gujarat with a capacity of 27 mt, which was subsequently expanded to 33 mt.

It built another unit adjacent to it for exports, with a capacity of 29 mt. The refinery being planned by the state-owned firms will be bigger than that. The phase-1 itself will be bigger than any one single unit.

India has a refining capacity of 232.06 mt, which exceeded the demand of 183.5 mt in 2015-16.
According to the International Energy Agency (EA), this demand is expected to reach 458 mt by 2040.
http://www.moneycontrol.com/news/bu...ake-stake-in-west-coast-refinery-2254067.html

Finance Ministry okays 8.65 percent interest on Employees Provident Fund
The Finance Ministry is believed to have permitted the Labour Ministry to go ahead with 8.65 per cent rate of interest on employees’ provident fund for 2016-17, which will benefit over four crore EPFO members. The Finance Ministry in its communication to the Labour Ministry has, however, put a rider that the interest rate should not result in a deficit for the retirement fund. This will enable the Labour Ministry to provide 8.65 per cent rate as decided by the Employees’ Provident Fund Organisation (EPFO) trustees.

According to EPFO estimates, the fund will see a surplus after providing 8.65 per cent interest rate for the last fiscal.

A reluctant Finance Ministry had been nudging the Labour Ministry to lower the EPF rate to below 8.65 per cent as approved by the EPFO trustees in December last year.

“The Finance Ministry in its recommendation to the Labour Ministry said it is up to the latter to decide on what interest rate should be given. However, it should be ensured that there should not be any deficit to the fund,” according to a source.

“The Finance Ministry had earlier suggested an EPF rate slightly lower than approved by the trustees as it wanted the interest to be aligned with the rates of small savings,” added the source.

Labour Minister Bandaru Dattatreya has been maintaining that the EPFO subscribers would be provided 8.65 per cent rate of interest for 2016-17.
“The Central Board of Trustees (CBT) had decided to give 8.65 percent. Our ministry keeps on discussing with the Finance Ministry. We would have surplus of Rs 158 crore on providing 8.65 per cent,” Dattatreya had said earlier last week when asked whether the Finance Ministry is making a case for lowering the interest rate.
“If need be, I will talk to them (the Finance Ministry). I have requested them to approve 8.65 percent. In any case, this amount (interest income) will be given to workers,” the minister had said.

As per the practice, the board’s decision is concurred by the Finance Ministry after evaluating whether the EPFO would be able to provide the rate approved by trustees through its own income or not.

Once the Finance Ministry ratifies the rate of interest approved by the CBT, it is credited to the account of EPFO members for that particular financial year.

The Finance Ministry had last year also decided to lower the EPF interest rate of 8.8 percent for 2015-16, decided by the CBT, to 8.7 per cent. The decision had drawn flak from all quarters forcing the government to uphold 8.8 per cent.
The Finance Ministry has been asking the Labour Ministry to rationalise the EPF interest rate in view of lowering of returns on various administered saving schemes like PPF.

The government generally ratifies the rate of return approved by the CBT because the EPFO is an autonomous body and provides interest on EPF deposits from its own income.
http://www.financialexpress.com/ind...vident-fund/629686/?google_editors_picks=true
 
A loaded truck fell into Sarma river after a bridge collapsed at Gandachara Amarpur road, 105 kms from Agartala, Tripura.
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Ministry of Railways16-April, 2017 19:45 IST
Vistadome Coach, Mechanised laundry under boot model at Visakhapatnam and life line express at Sindhudurg(Maharastra) inaugurated by railway Minister Suresh Prabhu.

Railway Minister Shri Suresh Prabhakar Prabhu, today laid the foundation stone and dedicated various Railway Initiatives to the nation at Rail Sadan, Bhubaneswar through video conferencing.


Shri Prabhu dedicated Visatadome Coach and Laid Foundation stone for Mechanized Laundry under BOOT Model at Visakhapatnam. He also Inaugurated Life Line Express at Sindhudurg (Maharastra) in presence of Sri Rajen Gohain union Minister of state for Railways, Shri K.Hari Babu, Member of Parliament, Viskhapatnam,Shri P.V.K Raju, MLA, K.Satyanarayan Raju, MLC and other dignitaries at Rail Sadan.


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While flagging off the train with new Vistadome coach between Visakhaptnam and Araku, Shri Prabhu said that the Vistadome coach having features like glass roof, LED lights, rotable seats, GPS based info system etc will offer to tourists to enjoy scenic beauty not only at destination but also along the journey. He also said Mechanised Laundry under BOOT Model at Visakhapatnam will significantly improve the quality of linen leading to enhanced passenger satisfaction. Inaugurating Life Line Express-Sindhudurg of Konkan Railway Shri Prabhu said it will be a great help to the poor patients.


Earlier, Shri Umesh Singh, General Manager, East Coast Railway welcome the guests. A function was also arranged at Visakhapatnam, in which a large number of Public Representatives including Kothapalli Geetha, Member of Parliament, V.Ganesh Kumar, MLA, P.G.V.R.Naidu, MLA, P.Srinivas Rao, MLA, B.Satyanarayana Murthy, MLA, K.Sarveswara Rao, MLA along with Smt Chandralekha Mukharjee, DRM/Visakhapatnam were present.


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MMRDA to allow soil testing for bullet train work
After being firm on not allowing the Mumbai-Ahmedabad bullet train project to take shape at Bandra Kurla Complex (BKC), the Mumbai Metropolitan Region Development Authority (MMRDA) seems to have blinked first. The officials are now ready to permit High-Speed Rail Corporation of India Limited (HSRC) to conduct only soil testing at the business district.

When the bullet train terminal was decided to be set up at BKC, MMRDA authorities opposed it as it clashed with their own plans of an International Financial Services Centre (IFSC) on the same plot.

Now, Dilip Kawathkar, spokesperson of MMRDA has confirmed, "If an application comes seeking a nod to conduct soil testing, MMRDA will give an approval for onlythat," In other words, the permission will not mean clearance for the larger bullet train project.

As the landmark HSRC project is being monitored by the Prime Minister's Office (PMO), there is pressure to take the project forward.

Last week, representatives of HSRC went to conduct soil testing, but were sent back.
http://www.dnaindia.com/mumbai/report-mmrda-to-allow-soil-testing-for-bullet-train-work-2402464

Shatabdi Express to bring Delhi closer by 25 minutes
Shatabdi Express will run at a speed of 130 kmph from June, reducing the travel time between Delhi and Chandigarh by 20 to 25 minutes.

The train covers 245 km in 4 hours and 5 minutes at a speed of 110 kmph at the moment. Three Shatabdis ply from the city to New Delhi.

Ambala divisional railway manager Dinesh Kumar said the new speed limit will initially be implemented between New Delhi and Ambala stretch.

The speed limit for the stretch between Dappar and Chandigarh will also increase after the completion of its double-lane project, he said. The division will seek clearance from the Commission of Railway Safety.

Ambala divisional rail way manager Dinesh Kumar said French company SNCF, which surveyed the Chandigarh-New Delhi track for semi-high speed, suggested it could increase to 200 kmph but the track had to be modified.

He said they have proposed a cost of Rs 50 lakh for the project.
Sources said the engineering department had also conducted a survey and pointed out the need for upgrading infrastructure.


The work for running trains at semi-high speed was announced in the railway budget of 2014.

The railways had earlier too explored the prospect of running a semi-high speed train at 160 to 200 km per hour on the ChandigarhDelhi route.


The Shatabdi Express covers 245 km in 4 hour and 5 minutes at a speed of 110 kmph at the moment. Three Shatabdis ply from the city to New Delhi.
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/...-25-minutes/articleshow/58190047.cms?from=mdr

फिरोजपुर-अमृतसर रेलवे ट्रैक के लिए 300 करोड़ रुपए मंजूर
फिरोज़पुर-अमृतसर रेलवे ट्रैक को हरी झंडी मिलने के बाद अमृतसर से मुम्बई का रेल रास्ता 250 किलोमीटर नजदीक हो जाएगा। नीति आयोग ने इस प्रोजक्ट के लिए करीब 300 करोड़ रुपये की मंजूरी दी है। सतलुज दरिया पर रेलवे पुल का निर्माण किया जाएगा।

अमृतसर। आखिरकार नीति आयोग द्वारा फिरोज़पुर-अमृतसर रेलवे ट्रैक को बिछाने की मंजूरी मिलने से लोगों को बहुत बड़ी राहत मिली हैं। इस ट्रक को बिछाने के लिए नीति आयोग ने करीब 300 करोड़ रुपये के प्रोजक्ट को मंजूरी दे दी है। फिरोज़पुर से अमृतसर होते हुए जम्मू कश्मीर तक रेल से जाना अब आसान हो जायेगा।

फिरोज़पुर डीआरएम अनुज प्रकाश ने बताया कि पंजाब के लोगो की बहुत पुरानी मांग जल्द पूरी होने जा रही है। इसके लिए नीति आयोग ने 299 करोड़ रुपये की मंजूरी दे दी है। इस प्रोजेक्ट के लिए रेलवे मंत्रालय ने पंजाब सरकार से मांग की थी कि ट्रैक बिछाने के लिए किसानों से जगह रिक्वायर करके दे, साथ ही ट्रैक बिछाने पर होने वाले खर्चे का आधा पैसा पंजाब सरकार दे। मगर पंजाब सरकार इसके लिए मंजूर नहीं थी। इससे ये प्रोजेक्ट काफी देर से लटका पड़ा था, मगर अब रेल मंत्रालय ने इस प्रोजेक्ट के लिए मंजूरी दे दी हैं और इस प्रोजेक्ट के लिए जिला फिरोज़पुर और तरनतारन डीसी को ट्रैक बिछाने के लिए जमीन एक्वायर करने के लिए पत्र लिख दिया गया है। मुझे उमीद है कि ये प्रोजेक्ट जल्द शुरू हो जायेगा। इस ट्रैक को बिछाने के लिए पहले भी सर्वे हुआ था, मगर कामयाब नहीं हो पाया। अब इस प्रोजक्ट को मंजूरी मिल गयी है। अब अमृतसर से मुम्बई की दूरी में करीब 250 किलोमीटर में कमी आएगी। इस ट्रैक के लिए सतलुज दरिया पर एक रेलवे पुल का भी निर्माण किया जायेगा।

फिरोज़पुर छावनी रेलवे स्टेशन पर खड़े यात्रियों ने कहा कि फिरोज़पुर-अमृतसर रेलवे ट्रैक बिछना अच्छी खबर है। इस ट्रैक के बिछाये जाने पर बहुत राहत मिलेगी। अगर हमें अमृतसर जाना होता था तो हमें बस से या फिर जालंधर से जाना पड़ता था। अब हमें बहुत फायदा होगा इससे हमारा समय और पैसों की बचत होगी।
http://m.khaskhabar.com/news/news-f...for-this-project-news-hindi-1-197618-KKN.html

Railways to upgrade Delhi-Chandigarh route for 200kmph service
After successful launch of 160 km per hour train service on Delhi-Agra corridor, railways is aiming at scaling the speed up to 200 kmph on Delhi-Chandigarh route with the French help to reduce the travel time.

The 245 km long Delhi-Chandigarh corridor, one of the busiest routes in northern India, is slated to be first semi- high speed project being taken up by railways to run train at maximum speed of 200 kmph.

Railways has identified nine high priority passenger corridors of total 6,400 km including Delhi-Agra, Delhi- Chandigarh to be upgraded to run semi-high speed train service.

Delhi-Kanpur, Nagpur-Bilaspur, Mysore-Bengaluru-Chennai, Mumbai-Goa, Mumbai-Ahmedabad, Chennai-Hyderabad and Nagpur- Secunderabad routes have also been identified for raising the speeds of passenger trains to 160/200 kmph.

SNCF, the French railways, will submit the execution strategy and implementation model with detailed cost of the semi-high speed project involving upgradation of the 245 km Chandigarh route.

The French team is expected to submit the final report with details of cost analysis by October, said a senior railway ministry official associated with the project.

The aim is to reduce the travelling time considerably so it has been decided to upgrade the existing track for running trains at 200 kmph speed and French railways has been asked to prepare the draft document for it, he said.

According to a rough estimate, it is likely to cost over Rs 10,000 crore with about Rs 46 crore per kilometre for running trains at 200 kmph, which includes rolling stock, and signal and track upgradation on the Chandigarh corridor.

At present, Shatabdi Express covers the 245 km distance in about three hours 30 minutes travelling at a maximum speed of 110 kmph.

The 200 kmph speed will reduce the journey time to one hour 50 minutes with one stop at Ambala.

A high-level French delegation has recently met Indian Railways officials and discussed the possibility of running the semi-high speed trains on the Delhi-Chandigarh sector.

It was agreed to explore the upgradation of the existing track to enable 200 kmph speed run, said the official.
http://www.hindustantimes.com/india...mph-service/story-0DDw0BNr7L4lUD3ruRydsM.html
 
Suresh Prabhu flags off trial run of ‘vistadome’ coaches between Visakhapatnam and Araku
Railway Minister Suresh Prabhu on Sunday flagged off the trial run of new vistadome coaches between Andhra Pradesh’s Visakhapatnam and Araku. Prabhu said that newly launched coaches having features like glass roof, LED lights, rotatable seats, GPS based info system etc will make tourists enjoy scenic beauty not only at the destination, but also along the journey. The minister, who was joined by MoS Railways Rajen Gohain, also inaugurated Life Line Express at Maharashtra’s Sindhudurg.

The minister also laid the foundation stone for Mechanized Laundry under BOOT model at Visakhapatnam. The minister, who made the inaugurations via video conference, said mechanised laundry under BOOT Model at Visakhapatnam will significantly improve the quality of linen leading to enhanced passenger satisfaction. While inaugurating Life Line Express-Sindhudurg of Konkan Railway, Prabhu said it will be a great help to the poor patients. The function was co-managed by East Coast Railway General Manager Umesh Singh, who welcomed the guests.
On the other hand, an event was organised at Visakhapatnam, in which a large number of public representatives including MP Kothapalli Geetha, MLA Ganesh Kumar, MLA PGVR Naidu, MLA P Srinivas Rao, MLA, B.Satyanarayana Murthy, MLA K Sarveswara Rao, MLA along with Visakhapatnam DRM Chandralekha Mukharjee were present.
http://www.financialexpress.com/eco...aches-between-visakhapatnam-and-araku/630079/
 
There are two points I would like to make. First no matter what this ministry does, system will not change in a day, minister is trying to bring professionalism in huge service provider who is neck in deep crony corruption. Here the co-passengers need to come in which wasn't happening till now. So what happens that people start posting tweets for people who they even don't know at all. This builds the relationship, not the kind of chit chatter we do with co-passengers in either local trains or home bound express trains. Second point pantry car service is being discontinued and hotel plaza in stations are being introduced. Also there is food n drinks on demand. But you have to reach out to service provider for that.

I know that Prabhu inherited a very messy system.

For the most part, it is not his fault that passengers are facing inconveniences. But my only problem with Mr. Prabhu is that, if I am not mistaken, he is in the process of replacing pantry cars with additional passenger coaches to generate additional revenues and to reduce costs.

While it is a noble cause that Prabhu has chosen to improve finances of an ailing Railway system over populism, he needs to balance that with very essential passenger amenities - such as continuing with pantry cars wherever necessary like in long haul trains or having regular stoppages.
 
Prime Minister's Office
17-April, 2017 13:07 IST
PM inaugurates Multi-Speciality Hospital, Diamond Manufacturing Unit in Surat


The Prime Minister, Shri Narendra Modi, today inaugurated the Kiran Multi-Speciality Hospital, and the Diamond Manufacturing Unit of M/s Hare Krishna Exports Pvt Ltd in Surat.

The Prime Minister described the effort devoted towards making the hospital as “commendable”, and added that the state-of-the-art hospital would benefit citizens. He emphasized that the poor must have access to quality and affordable healthcare. In this context he talked about the Union Government’s initiatives to bring down the prices of medicines, stents etc. He said he is committed to providing affordable healthcare for the poor and the middle class. Calling for focus on preventive healthcare, the Prime Minister said that the Swachh Bharat Abhiyan is linked to efforts towards a healthier India.

The Prime Minister said Surat has made a mark in the diamond industry but there is now need to look at the entire gems and jewellery sector. He said that as far as the gems and jewellery sector is concerned, our aim should not only be ‘Make in India’ but also 'Design in India'.

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Ministry of Railways
18-April, 2017 14:46 IST
The mobility in Train Operations on the busiest route of Delhi Howrah section of Indian Railway network gets a boost with the commissioning of Electronic Interlocking & massive Yard Remodeling commissioned at Dadri

Electronic Interlocking - Yard Remodeling commissioned in record time of only 150 minutes.

In a significant move for high tech infrastructure with the view to improve mobility in train operations on the busiest route of Delhi Howrah section of Indian Railway network, Electronic Interlocking & massive Yard Remodeling has been commissioned at Dadri Railway Station in Uttar Pradesh which falls under Allahabad Division of North Central Railway. This project is part of ongoing process of modernization of Indian Railway network.

This Electronic Interlocking involves 318 routes adopting most Modern Signalling System with Centralized Operation controlling 45 Signals, 74 Points and 176 Track Circuits with massive yard remodeling. The another significant point is that this work has been commissioned in record time of only 150 minutes on 16th April 2017. This work has been successfully planned, executed and commissioned in the leadership and guidance of Shri M.C. Chauhan, General Manager North Central Railway.

Dadri is a complex yard in North Central Railway spread over six kilometers on busiest route of Delhi-Howrah Section of Indian Railways and also having connectivity with National Thermal Power Corporation Power Plant and Container Depot.

With Commissioning of this, 3rd line between Aligarh-Ghaziabad section is made through Dadri Yard improving mobility in train operation which was earlier not available. This has also facilitated extension of platform No. 1, 2 & 3 and addition of new platform No. 4 at Dadri Station. All these four platforms have also been connected with new foot over bridge improving passenger amenity facilities at this station.

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Ministry of Railways
18-April, 2017 12:02 IST
Indian Railways takes various initiatives to facilitate travel in this summer

In an endeavor to provide smooth travel experience to the railway travelers, Indian Railways have taken various initiatives for improved passenger experience. Considering the peak season during summers, Indian Railways is poised to offer convenient travel to the passengers without upsetting their plans. To ensure optimal utilization of available accommodation, following initiatives have been undertaken by Indian Railways:-

i) Finalization of first reservation chart at least 4 hours before the scheduled departure of the train.

ii) After preparation of first reservation chart, current ticket booking facility provided through any reserved ticket booking window as well as on internet till preparation of second reservation chart.

iii) Transfer of vacant available accommodation after preparation of second reservation chart to next remote location.

iv) Following facilities are also provided online through IRCTC website:

a) Waitlisted passengers given the option of accommodation in any other train without payment of any difference of fare or grant of refund thereon under VIKALP scheme. This facility can also be availed for e tickets booked prior to 01.04.2017

b) Tickets booked across reserved ticket booking window can be cancelled through IRCTC website or through 139.

c) In case of e tickets, boarding points can be changed through IRCTC website at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure of the train.

d) The facility of online booking of wheel chair provided free of cost to passengers.

e) The facility of online booking of retiring rooms through IRCTC website has been introduced.

f) Disposable bedrolls can be purchased through IRCTC website.

g) E Catering introduced to increase food options available with passengers.





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